The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 0 o'clock on the 21st, the number of new corona19 confirmed patients in Korea increased by 70, accumulating 23,45 people.
The number of new confirmed cases per day fell below 100 on the previous day (82) 38 days after the 13th (56) of last month, and remained at double digits for two consecutive days.
Looking at the infection route of 70 new confirmed patients on this day, there were 55 local outbreaks and 15 foreign inflows.
Earlier, the new confirmed cases recorded three digits for 37 consecutive days from the 14th of last month to the 19th of this month, when the collective infection in the metropolitan area began in earnest.
At one time, it soared to 400 people (August 27, 441), then gradually fell to 300 and 200 people, for 17 consecutive days (195 → 198 → 168 → 167 → 119 people) → 136 people → 156 people → 155 people → 176 people → 136 people → 121 people → 109 people → 106 people → 113 people → 153 people → 126 people → 110 people).
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